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The Novel That White Villages Keep: Azahara Palomeque Comes Home

In <em>Pueblo blanco azul</em>, Azahara Palomeque returns to the Andalusian village that shaped her, through a protagonist who comes home to write her family's story. A novel about memory, wounds, and the possibility of repair.

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Edith Eger (1927–2026): The Dancer Who Chose to Heal

Edith Eger died at ninety-eight. The Hungarian-American psychologist and author, Auschwitz survivor and writer of The Ballerina of Auschwitz, leaves behind a legacy about inner freedom and the power to choose healing.

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Ben Lerner Writes About Writing Again (This Time It's Called Transcription)

Lerner's third novel explores memory and language through metafiction. Spoiler: yes, there is a narrator writing a novel. No, that is not the problem.

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Fatima Bhutto Writes About an Abusive Relationship and a Bond with an Animal. Both at Once.

Fatima Bhutto's new memoir investigates an abusive human relationship and a sustaining connection with the nonhuman. What does that say about us? Quite a lot.